Be in the closet

[elinet]

Hi,

Would you please tell me what does "be in the closet about being homosexual" mean?

Thanks

 

[ewie]

Hi Elinet. Be in the closet means "be an 'undeclared' homosexual", i.e. a homosexual without anyone else knowing it. To go from that state to a state of everyone knowing is come out of the closet

 

[elinet]

Thank you Ewie